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PARKING PERMIT PROFITEERING A Letter to my MP and part of his reply

https://www.thesun.co.uk/motors/29779355/visitors-council-triple-parking-fees-dishonesty/?#Echobox=1723223881 Dear Mr Lammy I have read that Haringey Council has voted to triple the cost of parking, as well as ending daily permits so that only hourly ones will be available. This will completely wipe me out. I will … Continue reading

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Some Images from the River Lee

A rusty boat A sunken boat Another sunken boat Stonebridge Lock, Tottenham A closer look at the lock Hum of bees A web in the thicket

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Luke Howard – Namer of Clouds – 250th anniversary

Tottenham is celebrating Luke Howard The father of meteorology! Here is a link to the exhibitions page at The Room CLOUD FORMS x When, from the water’s quiet mirror, A mist floats off like a carpet    And the moon, … Continue reading

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A Cloud Garden for Bruce Grove

Petition to make a Cloud Garden in Luke Howard’s House – The ‘Namer of Clouds’ resided in Bruce Grove, off Tottenham High Street. Here is a poem Goethe wrote to him. CLOUD FORMS X When, from the water’s quiet mirror, … Continue reading

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Songs of Realisation

Very pleased that this book of poems is now published by The High Window Press This book opens with poems committed to the transfiguration of the ordinary: garden sheds, bus rides, daily life in Tottenham, motorways leading to escapes as … Continue reading

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TOTTENHAM CLOUDS – and a CLOUD MUSEUM

A cloud tree! I will credit this photo as soon as I find the name of the photographer A wonderful blog  Tottenham Clouds  – which celebrates the weather and Luke Howard – “Namer of Clouds”  who lived in Tottenham and … Continue reading

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